Always pleasant to get so much thematic material into a grid that looks quite so foursquare. 3 down was the word that looked least tractable here, and it came out all right. I don’t know what it was I was listening to when I started putting words into the grid, but it certainly wasn’t 9 across.
ACROSS
1 ASSAI; assai(l)
4 BERNSTEIN; anag.
9 THE PEARL FISHERS;
10 ORATORIO; orator I 0
11 RETUNE; tun in ree(d)
13 MODE; hidden
15 CORNETTIST; anag. – g
17 BEST-SELLER; ll in best seer
18 ENYA; hidden
21 ROADIE; anag. + e
22 STANFORD; for in stand
25 RUTLAND BOUGHTON; Rutland bough ton
26 MNEMONICS; m,n + anag.
27 ARTIE; art i.e.
DOWN
1 ART FORM; anag. in arm(y)
2 SCENA; hidden
3 ICE-BOX; ice + box
4 BARBIROLLI; barb + roll in I I
5 RIFF; I in (0)rff
6 SESTETTO; anag. + o
7 EXECUTION;
8 NO SWEAT; anag.
12 INVENTIONS;
14 DISMANTLE; I’d (rev.) + anag.
16 OSTINATO; anag.
17 BERTRAM; r in bet RAM
19 ANDANTE; an + n in date
20 ENIGMA; initial letters
23 OCTET; alternate letters
24 ADNI; hidden
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